Slow Flowers Podcast

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Slow Flowers Podcast

by Debra Prinzing

The Slow Flowers Podcast is the award-winning, long-running show known as the “Voice of the Slow Flowers Movement.” Airing weekly for more than 9 years, we focus on the business of flower farming and floral design through the Slow Flowers sustainability ethos. Listen to a new episode each Wednesday, available for free download here at slowflowerspodcast.com or on iTunes, Spotify, and other podcast platforms.

100 episodes

EN-US language

All Episodes

1

Episode 759: “Beautiful Roses,” with author Janice Cox of Natural Beauty at Home

46:15 Mar 11, 2026

2

Episode 758: “Modern Floriography: Flowers, Gardens, and Gifts Inspired by the Language of Flowers,” with author Teresa Sabankaya

55:05 Mar 4, 2026

3

Episode 757: Briana Selstad Bosch of Blossom and Branch Farm on her new book, “The Regenerative Gardener’s Handbook.”

54:45 Feb 25, 2026

4

Episode 756: Sarah Coldwell of Honeybee Grove Flower Farm – on building a destination floral enterprise on U-Pick, farmers’ and makers’ markets, and seasonal flower festivals

1:03:12 Feb 18, 2026

5

Episode 755: Developing a Tree and Plant Rental Service with Anne Bradfield of Analog Floral and Analog Plant Rental and Chris Robinson of My Patio Tree

42:26 Feb 11, 2026

6

Episode 754: Slow Flowers Floral Insights and Industry Forecast for 2026

45:14 Feb 4, 2026

7

Episode 753: Ten Years Later, Revisiting the Story of Stars of the Meadow Flower Farm with Marybeth Wehrung

48:51 Jan 28, 2026

8

Episode 752: Deb Majerus and Joel MacDonald of Minnesota’s Iron Butterfly Flower Farm

49:07 Jan 21, 2026

9

Episode 751: Ranunculus Growing Secrets with Brooke Palmer of Jenny Creek Flowers

49:53 Jan 14, 2026

10

Episode 750: Susan Chambers of San Francisco-based bloominCouture – a luxury florist designs with seasonal and local flowers

35:09 Jan 7, 2026

11

Episode 749: Floral Tourism visits historic gardens and modern-day flower festivals of Holland and Belgium, with Debra Prinzing, Lorene Edwards Forkner and Lois Moss

50:16 Dec 31, 2025

12

Episode 748: Flowers & Ceramics, creating a floral enterprise that combines one artist’s passions, with Michelle Hartney

1:08:45 Dec 24, 2025

13

Episode 747: Jennifer Gulizia of The Flowering Farmhouse on dahlia breeding, podcasting, filming a documentary and building a flower farm from the ground up

57:46 Dec 17, 2025

14

Episode 746: Slow Flowers in Sweden, with Eva Eliasson, chairwoman of Snittblomsodlare (Slow Flowers Sweden)

59:30 Dec 10, 2025

15

Episode 745: Rachel Burgoon of Feathers & Flowers in Washington’s Wenatchee Valley

56:29 Dec 3, 2025

16

Episode 744: Abbie Zabar’s new book, BOUQUET: Floral Arrangements at the Metropolitan Museum

57:06 Nov 26, 2025

17

Episode 743: Discovering NYC’s new source for locally-grown flowers with Brooklyn’s Flower Aggregate co-founder Jessica Balnaves

1:03:34 Nov 19, 2025

18

Episode 742: Brian and Kimberley Hautau of New Jersey’s Hautau & Sons on Year-Round Growing and Supplying Local Flowers to NYC’s Wholesale Market

49:33 Nov 12, 2025

19

Episode 741: Dried Floral Magic with Bethany and Charles Little of Charles Little & Co.

1:06:38 Nov 6, 2025

20

Episode 740: The Lily Episode with Jessica High of Flamingo Holland Bulbs and Peterkort Roses’ Year-Round Lily Program with Norman Peterkort and Sandra Laubenthal

1:17:07 Oct 29, 2025

21

Episode 738: Santa Cruz Flower Hub’s Kelly Brown and Rooted Farmers’ Amelia Ihlo

1:00:15 Oct 22, 2025

22

Episode 738: Meet Melissa Olson of Penflora Designs, a Bay Area floral studio and lifestyle shop reflecting her love of nature, the garden, and local blooms

54:14 Oct 15, 2025

23

Episode 737: Herbs for floral design (and the garden) with Stefani Bittner of Homestead Design Collective and Rose Loveall of Morningsun Herb Farm

1:10:41 Oct 9, 2025

24

Episode 736: Meet the people, farms, and florists shaping Japan’s Slow Flowers Movement

56:00 Oct 2, 2025

25

Episode 735: The magic of dahlias with Anne Long of The Dahlia House

27:40 Sep 24, 2025

26

Episode 734: A visit to The Little Farm on Olga Road, with Carol Wetzel and Allan Tone, where customers are welcomed to harvest the beauty of flowers, herbs, and vegetables

42:44 Sep 17, 2025

27

Episode 733: Field tour and design demonstration with Alicia Houston of Healer’s Harvest

42:32 Sep 10, 2025

28

Episode 732: Celebrating Taylor Swift’s Engagement as People Magazine’s Floral Expert with Ashley Greer of Atelier Ashley Flowers

56:52 Sep 3, 2025

29

Episode 731: High Desert Dahlias on Colorado’s Front Range, with Dianne Reitan of Dianne’s Dahlias

56:40 Aug 27, 2025

30

Episode 730: Meet farmer-florist Colleen Raney of Diadem Flowers as we discuss her new project, Songbird Seed Co., specializing in hard-to-find British sweet pea seeds and more

1:15:02 Aug 20, 2025

31

Episode 729: Jenny Jonak of Dragon Song Farm on building community, enriching a family’s lifestyle, and encouraging creative expression through flower farming

1:01:14 Aug 13, 2025

32

Episode 728: Building a Successful Floral Tourism Destination, with Lori and Jim Bochner of Bochner Farms in Indianola, Iowa

52:23 Aug 6, 2025

33

Episode 727: A tour of La Flor Farm’s dahlia fields, where four generations grow exquisite blooms for the Seattle Wholesale Growers Market and local florists

58:38 Jul 30, 2025

34

Episode 726: Navigating weddings as a farmer-florist with Julie Raymond of Bittersweet Gardens

43:41 Jul 23, 2025

35

Episode 725: Slow Flowers returns to Sunny Meadows Flower Farm to celebrate The Flower Farmers with Steve and Gretel Adams

49:54 Jul 16, 2025

36

Episode 724: When a flower farmer opens a retail design studio, with Stacey Chapman of Westwind Flowers Farm & Studio

42:43 Jul 9, 2025

37

Episode 723: Drawing from her family’s horticulture roots, Michigan-based farmer-florist Erin Webb of Florista of West Olive shares a farm tour and design demonstration

40:41 Jul 2, 2025

38

Episode 722: Ondrea Kidd of Post Falls, Idaho-based Sowing Joy Farm named Top 10 Florists to Watch in 2025 by MSN

0:00 Jun 25, 2025

39

Episode 721: Designer-Grower Annika McIntosh of Hazel Designs and a bonus tour of Bellingham’s Field to Floral Market

1:00:26 Jun 18, 2025

40

Episode 720: Killing Frost Farm’s Jamie Rogers on solo flower farming in western Montana

1:09:25 Jun 11, 2025

41

Episode 719: Weddings from the Garden, with urban farmer-florist Eleanor Blackford of Bloomwood Floral

0:00 Jun 4, 2025

42

Episode 718: The Flower Farmers, with co-authors Robin Avni and Debra Prinzing; plus a bonus interview with Daniel Sparler, the book’s horticulture editor

1:00:12 May 28, 2025

43

Episode 717: The future of Plant Masters, with legacy growers Leon and Carol Carrier, and their son Lee, next generation flower farmer now leading the family business

46:34 May 21, 2025

44

Episode 716: More than a side hustle, flower farming and floral design with Marly Surena-Llorens of Fenimore & Rutland

47:03 May 14, 2025

45

Episode 715: From Farmers’ Market to Elevated Retail, with Abby Matson of Diddle and Zen and Julie Rémy of Fleuris Orchard and Blooms

1:03:14 May 7, 2025

46

Episode 714: An inspiring conversation with Frances Palmer, ceramic artist, photographer, flower gardener, and author of Life With Flowers

51:01 Apr 30, 2025

47

Episode 713: Sydney Fee of Fee, Fi, Fo Farm on how her sustainable hospitality and tourism background supports her farmer-florist enterprise

55:27 Apr 23, 2025

48

Episode 712: Growing and Designing with Hellebores. Meet our Hellebore Experts, Diane Szukovathy and Dennis Westphall of Jello Mold Farm and Rizaniño “Riz” Reyes of RHR Horticulture

58:31 Apr 16, 2025

49

Episode 711: Flower farming as a second career with environmental educator Amy Brodbeck Linhart of Humming Harvest Farm

47:40 Apr 9, 2025

50

Episode 710: Celebrating 100 years of California flower farming with Mike A. Mellano of Mellano & Co.

55:07 Apr 2, 2025

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